Cesar Chavez debating with a grower
Item Description
Local Identifier
098-1-a-01-00-34
Collection Number
Finding Aid URI
Series
Preservation Prints By Photographer Manuel Echavarria - Preservation Prints
Linked Agent
Photographer (pht): Manuel Echavarria
Container
1
Folder
34
Date Created
1973
Description
It was a busy year. Members of Santa Maria's UFW chapter witnessed the bloody summer of 1973. The photograph captures a tense moment in which Cesar Chavez, hand on chin, and flanked by UFW supporters, is locked in a heated debate with a Coachella Valley grower. Chavez had asked the farm owner why he had picked the Teamsters, who are standing behind the owner, to represent the farm workers who picked his grapes. By accepting Teamster representation, Chavez argued, growers were trying to deny farm workers their democratic right vote for a union.
Geographic Subject
Original format
Resource Type